Renewable Energy Explained

Renewable Energy Explained

The Environmental NGO "Pur si Simplu Verde" partnered with the Regional Council Hunedoara to organize an online workshop about renewable energy for high-school students from Hunedoara. This Romanian region is one of the most affected by energy transition given its focus on coal mining, coal-based energy production and siderurgic industry. Civil society, private and public sector representatives will participate in the workshop. Renewable energy experts, environmental activists, and career counsellors from Pur si Simplu Verde, representatives of energy companies, of the Regional Educational Inspectorate and of the Regional Council will explain to local teenagers basic issues regarding climate change and the benefits of renewable energy for the environment, personal finances, health, and employment. The workshop is the first intervention in which various stakeholders try to bring awareness to the young public about renewables and build public support for the implementation of the Just Transition.

The speakers are: Maria Ștefănie, General Inspector at the Hunedoara School Regional Inspectorate, Paula Enuț, Head of the Delivery Unit at the Hunedoara Regional Council, Ioana Petrescu, President of Pur și Simplu Verde and European Climate Pact Ambassador, Claudia Brânduș, renewable energy expert and volunteer of Pur și Simplu Verde, Mirela Onețiu, career counselor and volunteer at Pur și Simplu Verde și Gabriel Radu, actor and member of Pur și Simplu Verde.

The event will take place online on November 25, 2022 from 15:00 EET to 16:30 EET. You can register here until November 24, 2022 at 23:59 EET. You will have the chance to submit questions to the speakers and obtain more materials about renewable energy, if you register before the event.